Judge: TxDOT can move bones from Grand Parkway site

A Harris County state district judge has granted the Texas Department of Transportation's request to remove ancient human remains in the path of a new segment of the Grand Parkway.

The state agency filed the request in July after finding a burial site, which included three leg bones and a jaw with teeth thought to be more than 2,000 years old. A second burial site was found in August.

The decision by Judge Reece Rondon, of the 234th District, allows construction to continue on the project, a 15-mile, four-lane toll road that would be part of an outer beltway around greater Houston.

The Harris County Historical Society had asked the judge to delay the project until more study could be done, but Rondon rejected its claim.